I Can't See You (On Hiatus)

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你去了那裏?
Jungkook POV
9:30 pm

It was getting late. I flopped on my bed, one ear pressed against the cold cement wall. I knocked on the hollow material, hoping for a reply.

Nothing.

I chewed my lip frantically. V wasn't there. Taehyung wasn't there. I was pretty sure that he wasn't at school. I was pretty sure he wouldn't have anywhere else to go anyways.

I checked the time on my bedside clock. It was a little after half past nine. Taehyung usually was home by now.

I laughed to myself. I was being such a stalker.

Then again, it was for a good cause. Or it could be a bad cause. Fuck, if V was Taehyung, what would I do? Never talk to him again, just like that? Confront him?

And if he wasn't Taehyung? Would it change the way I saw him? More than how I already saw him? V was a person I had great trust in. Taehyung on the other hand?

It was complicated.

I checked my clock again. He's supposed to be here, now, at his apartment, safe and sound. What happened to him? Why am I worrying so much? 

V, where are you?

Are you okay?

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Taehyung POV 

8:00p.m.

I'm so tired. I wonder if it's just everything that's happened today. But no. Jimin's out of it too. He offers me a cookie, and I immediately think of him. What's wrong with me? I shake my head no, and reach for a book instead.

Who's Kookie? I wonder if he's tall. He sounds tall. Hmm. How does a person sound tall? Tae, stop overthinking things. 

-Five minutes later-

Jungkook at school today. He seemed really distracted. I really, really do hope I have told him enough to make him rethink everything he's ever done to me. 

His voice is really nice, though. Almost as nice as Kookie's voice. 

Ha! No one can beat Kookie's voice. He's got the best vocal chords in the world. Apart from Jimin. 

And probably Jin.

And maybe...

Me?

Nah. 

Back to Kookie. Maybe he would stay up and knock. Oh no! I forgot to tell him I would be staying with someone else today. He could be worried! 

Tae do you serously think that some random stranger you've met barely days ago would worry about you? Are you that naïve? 

For some reason, that thought spikes an emotion I can't name deep into my chest. 

Five seconds later, I realise my own thoughts have made me hurt.

Jimin looks up at 9:35. "Tae, please put that stupid book down and talk to me about whatever's bothering you."

I peek up from behind my book. "Nothing's bothering me. I'm fine."

"Kim Taehyung. I'm sure you're an alien from outer space, but believe me when I say I'm an expert on aliens, okay? Since I'm a best friend of one, I know even aliens don't read books upside down."

I sheepishly put it down. He proceeds to snatching my chips away from my mouth because, "You're too fat. Look at my abs and your baby fat tummy. Go work out."

I roll my eyes and huff a breath. "It's someone I know, from my apartment."

Immediately Jimin sits bolt upright. "Is he stalking you?"

"Jimin, you don't even know who I'm talking about."

"I'm just, you know, a bit, protective, over," He hesitates. "Jin hyung used to have someone stalking him. He told me once. He said every night he would lay in bed in his jammies and hug his pillow or stuffed animal and then just when he's about to fall asleep he hears a clicking sound and he shouts who's there and no one answers but there's a shadow and-ugh, I'm so happy that Mr. Kim is there to protect him from the stalker. They're good now," he adds hastily, seeing my expression. "Mr. Kim is scary when he wants to be. He's smart, too, and yes, he's younger than you think. He found the person in less than 24 hours and asked your cousin to move in with him. And then bam the romance appears and now they're practically married."

I am shaken. How do I not know this , even though Jin's my cousin? 

I take a deep breath and sigh. "Jimin, its nothing like that. It's just...a guy."

"Ooh, a guy?"

"Can you relate?" I shoot back at him. "You don't even have a crush on anyone at school."

Jimin hits me.

So I take a deep breath, and tell him about everything that's happened to me ever since the guy moved in.

When he opens his mouth at the end of my story, I brace myself for the flow of caution and advice. All he says is, "What kind of name is 'V' and 'Kookie'? You are so lame."

I sigh with relief and punch him gently.

My best friend always makes me feel so much better. 

That night, when I turn in my sleep, dreaming about voices in the wall and a shadow of a boy who snatched my heart with a  few words.

It was five in the morning when I realised that I couldn't sleep any longer.

It was six when I got out of the shower, frustrated I couldn't think of other things. 

It was seven o'clock when I broke, and knew I couldn't spend another night without him close to me, and not knowing that he's safe or not. How is his brother doing? Is he home?

I'm overwhelmed with feelings, and I'm not sure if they're good feelings or not. Jimin lies down beside me and snuggles into my back. I switch off the lamp and lie down as well, but I can't sleep.

Kookie, are you thinking of me?

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Jungkook POV

Where are you V?

(A/N: CREDS TO MY BFF T*MM* WHO WROTE SO MUCH OF THIS CHAPTER COS I WAS FEELING TIRED HAHA.)